The slippery slope of downward causation

Human Development

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-105

  Lewis, Marc D ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Downward causation; Dynamic systems approach

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DOWNWARD CAUSATION; DYNAMIC SYSTEMS APPROACH; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 79958747911     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: 14230054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327679     Document Type: Note

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